Split stack fire-fighting apparatus and process of use

Details Split stack fire-fighting apparatus and process of use Split stack fire-fighting apparatus and process of use

1991-05-29

1993-01-19

Marmor, Charles A.

Fire extinguishers

Processes

Of extinguishing fire

169 48, 169 52, 169 69, A62C 306

Patent

active

051800187

ABSTRACT:
In an apparatus and process for extinguishing the fire of an escaping flow of fossil fuel, such as from an oil or gas well, the preferred apparatus comprises a boom-held, open-ended, split stack equipped with quench fluid outlets on its inside and structure for spreading the stack and closing it around the flame to confine and operate on the flame front. The process involves closing such stack around the flame, preferably with the quench fluid flowing from the opened-up stack as it approaches the fire, then continuing such flow until the fire goes out and the fuel vapors and equipment in the former flame zone are below autoignition temperature.

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Boone, Andrew R., "What Happens When A Gasser Blows In When an Oil Well is Being Drilled", Scientific American, Jun. 1932, pp. 326-399.

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